Bored to Death (HBO)

[Neil]

there should be a thread

http://tvshack.net/tv/Bored_to_Death/season_1/episode_1/

first ep.

[Stefen]

I watched the first episode when it came out and thought it was pretty stupid. Great people involved, but it just didn't come together.

Does it get better in the other episodes?

[picolas]

i gave it six chances. i've come to the conclusion it does indeed suck despite the talent involved and the odd good moment. the humour is the bad kind of idiosyncratic, where it's annoying how little the things being said matter. like someone will go "i've always been allergic to cough drops ever since my mother force fed them to me as a child. i think i was traumatized." in the middle of a conversation about how the other character has a cough because he ate a scratchy bagel last night. you just want to punch it for even remotely believing it's clever.

[modage]

I agree, with the talent involved and because I subscribe to HBO I feel obligated to stick with this show but it seems always on the verge of being good without ever getting there.

[Reinhold]

I watched the first episode when it came out and thought it was pretty stupid. Great people involved, but it just didn't come together.

Does it get better in the other episodes?

right on. the hotel bit was amusing but overall this whole thing isn't good. bummer.

[diggler]

wow really? i love this show and think it's been getting better with each episode. i want a bicycle riding room like jim jarmusch.

for me, the humor is the BEST kind of idiosyncratic.  since when does meaning have to matter in a comedy show?  do i try to dissect why it's funny when devito cuts a man's neck with a garbage can on "always sunny"? no, because it makes me laugh, and the more i dissect it the less funny it gets. this show strikes just the right tone of snobbish dry humor and low brow physical comedy. also, Danson and Galifinakas have never made me laugh this hard, and those who thought Galifinakas had taken the sellout route with the Hangover would be pleasantly surprised at how he underplays it here. i hate getting into defense mode with television because if it doesn't work for you there's nothing i can say to change your mind, but this show is worth watching.

[picolas]

since when does meaning have to matter in a comedy show?

..wha? ..i guess that depends on what you mean by "meaning". if by meaning you mean meaning things: things don't mean anything without meaning.

do i try to dissect why it's funny when devito cuts a man's neck with a garbage can on "always sunny"? no, because it makes me laugh, and the more i dissect it the less funny it gets.

i didn't dissect anything. i gave a vague example of the kind of humour this show has. not that there's anything wrong with dissecting.

[diggler]

i guess it was a pretty vague defense, the show is funny though and does get better as the season goes on.

[Pas]

the title's spot on though 

[OrHowILearnedTo]

It got slightly better as the season wore on. Ted Danson is great. Jason Schwartman, not so much.

[The Perineum Falcon]

This is one of those shows that I believe has SUCH potential, potential that won't reveal itself til the second or third season (like the American Office) when everyone involved becomes more comfortable with themselves, the story and the characters and THEN AND ONLY THEN will watching this each week not feel like a rip-off - especially when it follows CURB.

I've watched it mainly because my girlfriend loves it, and while there are parts of it that are mildly amusing, most of it has absolutely nothing to do with anything and the episodes always just STOP instead of having any real conclusion.

Again, I see potential here, and I'm glad it's been picked up for a new season. *fingers crossed*